USN-3338-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3338-1

21st June, 2017

linux vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software description

• linux
  - Linux kernel
  
  

Details

It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux
kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the
heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute
arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges ()

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
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CVE-2017-1000364